Oreonectes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oreonectes
Species: O. acridorsalis – O. andongensis – O. anophthalmus – O. barbatus – O. damingshanensis – O. daqikongensis – O. donglanensis – O. duanensis – O. elongatus – O. furcocaudalis – O. luochengensis – O. macrolepis – O. microphthalmus – O. platycephalus – O. polystigmus – O. retrodorsalis – O. shuilongensis – O. translucens

Name

Oreonectes Günther, 1868: 369

Type species: Oreonectes platycephalus ♂ Günther, 1868. Type by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Elxis Jordan & Fowler, 1903: 768

References

• Deng, H-Q., Xiao, N., Hou, X-F. & Zhou, J. 2016. A new species of the genus Oreonectes (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Guizhou, China. Zootaxa 4132(1): 143–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.1.13. Reference page. 
• Deng, H-Q., Wen, H-M., Xiao, N. & Zhou, J. 2016. A new blind species of the cave genus Oreonectes from Guizhou, China (Nemacheilinae). ZooKeys 637: 47–59. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.637.10202. Reference page. 
• Günther, A. 1868: Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 7 : i-xx + 1-512.
• Du L.N. , Chen X.Y. & Yang J.X., 2008: A review of the Nemacheilinae genus Oreonectes Günther with description of two new species (Teleoster: Balitoridae). Zootaxa 1729: 23–26.
• Huang A.M. , Du L.N. , Chen X.Y. & Yang J.X., 2009: Oreonectes macrolepis, a new nemacheiline loach of genus Oreonectes (Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China. Zoological Research 30(4): 445–448. Abstract and full article: DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1141.2009.04445
• Liu, X., Deng, H-Q., Liu, Z-J. & Zhou, J. 2019. Reassignment of 'Triplophysa' jiarongensis (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) to Oreonectes Günther, 1868. Zootaxa 4565(3): 398–406. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.3.6 Reference page. 
• Luo, X-M., Yang, R-G., Du, L-N. & Luo, F-G. 2024. A new loach species of the genus Oreonectes (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from Guangxi, China. ZooKeys 1196: 285–301. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1196.109810 Reference page. 
• Yang, J. ; T.-J. Wu ; R.-F. Wei & J.-X. Yang, 2011: A new loach, Oreonectes luochengensis sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China. Zoological Research 32 (2): 208–211. Abstract and full article: DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1141.2011.02208 .
• Yu, J., Luo, T., Lan, C-T., Zhou, J-J., Deng, H-Q., Xiao, N. & Zhou, J. 2023. Oreonectes damingshanensis (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), a new species of stream fish from Guangxi, Southwest China. Zookeys 1180ː 81–104. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1180.104645 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Flat-headed Loaches